Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Contralateral

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Different side

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Ipsilateral

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Same side

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Sagittal section

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Cross section parallel to the neuroaxis and perpendicular to the ground.

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Dura mater

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Outermost meninges

Tough and flexible

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Arachnoid membrane

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Middle layer of meninges

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Pia mater

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Lowest layer of meninges
Clings to the surface of the brain.
Thin and delicate

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Subarachnoid space

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The space full of cerebrospinal fluid that is between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater

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Cerebral aqueduct

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A narrow tube that connects the third and fourth ventricles

Center of the mesencephalon

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Choroid plexus

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Vascular tissue that protrudes unit the ventricles and produces CSF

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Arachnoid granulation

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Small projections of the arachnoid membrane through the dura mater into the superior Sagittal sinus
CSF flows through and is reabsorbed into the bloodstream.

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